The Falmouth Packet inn

Rosudgeon Obstruction

This Cornish road, the only road between Helston and Penzance, is barely capable of carrying modern flows of traffic.

As this video shows it is severely disrupted by a popular and frequent car boot sale that is unable to take the flow of traffic turning into it off the main road, causing queuing on the main road.

This causes vastly more traffic fumes to be emitted, particularly to the detriment of local inhabitants of this otherwise popular and picturesque area. Queuing traffic gives off more particulate pollution and carbon emissions than traffic moving at normal speeds.

The local pub, well recommended on Trip Advisor, may get drinking guests from the sale, but restaurant regulars are put off attending on boot sale days.

I am not sure what the solution is, but it seems unreasonable that locals, and people not going to this sale should suffer because of it, however popular it is. If the sale is allowed to continue with its license, substantial widening of the road may help. It would help if through traffic can pass the queues, or even a roundabout. However these don't work if one of the exits gets obstructed, and the issue remains as to the spending of public money for the benefit of the proportionately few people using the site.

This film was made in April - the obstruction will be relatively minor compared to the holiday season, but I am not going there to make a film then and I am sure that few people would want to watch it anyway. Paint drying may be more exciting, or grass growing.

Thank you for watching and reading, and hopefully some constructive comments as to how to improve matters at Rosudgeon to everyone's satisfaction may arise.

The music is Journeys Upon Night's Gloom 757 by Roaring Empyrean from You Tube's selection.

Prussia cove road

The road down to Prussia Cove car park from The Falmouth Packet inn.